British Food Journal: Volume 113 Issue 5

Critical factors for effective implementation of the HACCP system: a Pareto analysis

Christos Fotopoulos, Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos, Katerina Gotzamani

The main objective of this paper is to examine the existing literature on food safety assurance systems and record the vital critical factors that affect the implementation of…

Don't wash my meat: public perceptions of decontamination in meat production

Sara Korzen, Peter Sandøe, Jesper Lassen

The purpose of this paper is to study public acceptance of decontamination as a risk reduction strategy in meat production.

Celebrity chefs: expanding empires

Joan C. Henderson

The purpose of this paper is to define key characteristics and income‐generating activities of modern celebrity chefs based on a review of their operations in selected regions of…

Food recalls, systemic causal factors and managerial implications: The case of Premiere Quality Foods

Sylvain Charlebois

The objectives of this paper are threefold. First, the paper seeks to present principles of crisis management, and crisis preparation and recovery. Second, it aims to narrate the…

Interest in maximisation and value‐added produce: A preliminary study from Chilton County, Alabama

Abel D. Alonso, Martin A. O'Neill

Contemporary studies and reports point to the potential of value‐added products as an alternative income stream as well as a means of extending the product line of many…

SCAR markers for adulterant detection in ground chilli

K. Dhanya, S. Syamkumar, S. Siju, B. Sasikumar

This study aims to treat the development and application of sequence characterised amplified region (SCAR) markers for the detection of plant based adulterants (dried red beet…

The price premium for wine quality signals: does retailers' information provision matter?

Vasco Boatto, Edi Defrancesco, Samuele Trestini

This research aims to explore whether quality signals, such as grape variety names explicitly used by “quality wines produced in specified regions”, affect wine retail prices in…

Evaluation of quality of Coalho cheese produced with endogenous Lactococcus spp.

A.C. Viana, E. Teshima, A.C.S.D. Chaves, M.E.O. Mamede

The objective of this study is to evaluate the quality of Coalho cheese produced using two different strains of Lactococcus spp. that were isolated from artisanal Coalho cheese in…